Pakistan Missing Persons
Pakistan's human rights group warns of sit-in from Jan 31 if govt fails to recover missing persons
Islamabad: Pakistan's human rights group, The Defence of Human Rights (DHR), has said all efforts by the government to recover missing persons have failed.
It appealed to the prime minister, the Supreme Court of Pakistan and the army chief to address the issue otherwise a sit-in will be held in the capital Islamabad from Jan 31, reports The Dawn.
Speaking at a press conference at the National Press Club, DHR chief Amina Masood Janjua was quoted as saying by the newspaper that 32 people disappeared in 2021, out of which 12 were released and five others traced.
“Despite our problems, the new year brings new hopes for the return of our loved ones," said Amina Masood Janjua adding that, "human rights defenders as well as families will continue their struggle and we demand that the government must take steps to resolve the burning issue of the disappeared as a top priority now.”
“DHR alone filed over 20 cases of enforced disappearance in different high courts in 2021,” she said.
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